Distressed woman alert for Filey RNLI.

At 5pm,
Humber Coastguard requested the launch of Filey’s inshore lifeboat (ILB), Braund, following a report that a woman
was behaving “erratically” at the bottom of 150 feet cliffs below the Crow’s
Nest Caravan Park about 3 miles north of Filey Brigg.

A few
minutes later, the ILB crewed by Gary Wilson, Richard Johnson, Vanessa Thomas
and Fraser Haddington launched and proceeded north of Filey.

The woman
who was in a very distressed state, was soon located by the ILB crew and after
some persuasion, was put on board the lifeboat and taken to Cayton Bay where
she was handed in to the care of the Ambulance Service.

Coastguard
Rescue Teams from Filey and Scarborough also attended the incident.

Barry
Robson, Coxswain / Mechanic said: “There were at first some conflicting reports
about the state of the casualty. As she was so distressed, the ILB crew decided
that it would be best to land her at the nearest point, (Cayton Bay), to the
Ambulance Crew and Coastguards who were waiting on the beach.”

Notes
to editors

Filey
Lifeboat Station was founded in 1804. It currently operates both a
Mersey-Class All-Weather Lifeboat and an Inshore Lifeboat. To learn more
about the lifeboat station go to Filey Lifeboat Station Facebook page.

RNLI
media contacts

For
more information please telephone John Ward, RNLI Volunteer Lifeboat Press
Officer on 07771800748 or filey@rnli.org.uk
or Alison Levett, Media Relations Manager North on 07786 668912or contact RNLI Public Relations on 01202 336789

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